Just over two years ago the Spanish government  desperate to stopmigrant workers from crossing into Spain from the Sahara  came to anagreement with the Senegalese government to deploy their coast guard.They also agreed to set up a school for youths in the hope that wouldstop them from selling DVDs and umbrellas in Granada and Barcelona. Itdidnt.…

A documentary festival leaves you with some startling images.Indigenous women in La Paz, Bolivia dressed in long skirts and blousesthrowing each other around the ring in Lucha wrestling as enthusiasticfans cheer and jeer. A Palestinian activist in an Israeli prison forwomen completely without remorse for the deaths of eight children inthe bombing she helped plan.…

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